Michael Karlik

A federal judge on Wednesday directed Colorado’s former judicial discipline director, for the third time this year, to explain why she should not sanction him for his latest conduct in his litigation against the state’s judiciary.

A federal judge directed a defendant to revise his allegations on Wednesday to more precisely state what two Denver officers and the city itself allegedly did to violate his constitutional rights by facilitating his prosecution for murder until prosecutors dropped the charges.

A federal judge declined to take action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday after hearing that a pattern of alleged lawbreaking amounted to mistakes and a misunderstanding of the government’s position in court.

The Denver-based federal appeals court dismissed an attempt by The GEO Group on Wednesday to appeal a trial judge’s non-existent decision two months before the company is scheduled to face a civil trial over alleged trafficking violations at the Aurora immigration detention facility it operates.

The Colorado Supreme Court declined on Friday to decide a dispute between a large-scale Commerce City development and the various districts financing it, after initially showing interest in the ongoing case.

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Fort Collins’ former “DUI officer” will face a civil trial for allegedly investigating a motorist for impaired driving without any reasonable suspicion to do so.

Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The Colorado Supreme Court has suspended a judge as his misconduct investigation unfolds, plus a former state DNA analyst has been criminally sentenced for her own misconduct. Supreme Court news • The Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Mesa County Court Judge […]

The Colorado Supreme Court placed its stamp of approval on Monday on a revised definition of “reasonable doubt” that defendants have repeatedly challenged as unconstitutional in the three years since its unveiling.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Arapahoe County father can challenge a temporary order transferring custody of his child that no lower court believed it could review due to the unusual circumstances of the case. A magistrate issued a temporary custody order in a child neglect case opened against the father, identified […]

The Colorado Supreme Court upheld a defendant’s conviction for vehicular eluding resulting in death on Monday, concluding that the state’s second-highest court was incorrect to believe the conviction could not stand due to an obvious error in the jury instructions. A Denver jury convicted Jeffery Sloan of killing Yasir Hasan and Mark Karla by running a red […]